In Search of the Soul

[A] lucid and illuminating book. . . . Cottingham's short study explores fundamental questions more fully than many much longer volumes. ---John Gray, New Statesman I loved [this] erudite, bold, provocative, beautiful book. ---Jane O'Grady, Literary Review An enjoyable and illuminating read. Cottingham's elegant account is sufficiently deep and detailed to contribute to debate among philosophers of religion, while retaining a clarity and energy that lend themselves to a broader readership. ---Ruby Guyatt, Times Higher Education [A] superb book. . . . There could be no better guide. ---Maximilian de Gaynesford, The Tablet Wide-ranging and well-written. * Paradigm Explorer * In Search of the Soul, provides a good occasion to reflect, with a man who is both a distinguished philosopher and a gentle guide, on the state of religious belief and disbelief in our present age. ---Bernard G. Prusak, Commonweal In Search of the Soul is a philosophical ode to this ebbing faith, but it refuses to be elegiac: its impetus is a quiet confidence that a receding night tide returns at dawn. ---Judith Wolfe, Times Literary Supplement [A] well-crafted and humane book . . . [In Search of the Soul] is what a modern spirituality could look like. ---Michael H. Barnes, Catholic Books Review His very accessible essay ought to be essential reading for all Christians and epecially for teachers and preachers, in order to equip them to convey a credible understanding of the soul in our contemporary culture ---Fergus O'Ferrall, Methodist Reader